ANNE VON FREYBURG

Anne von Freyburg

Date 0f birth: 25-08-1979

Education:
1997 – 2001 Diploma , Fashion Design ARTEZ Institute of the Arts

2005 – 2006 Rietveldacademie Amsterdam Photography

Internship:
2002 Viktor & Rolf haute cauture, Amsterdam
2003 2007 assisting photographer, Michael Nagel, Vienna.

Contests:
2001 Barclay Catwalk, Amsterdam, Zurich.
International promotion show for young designer talent
.
2004 Robijn Fashion Award, Amsterdam.

Exhibitions:

2002 Transistor, Cut. Schloss Hamminkel Germany. Group exhibition.

2004 Mode 50 jaar. Museum of Modern Art Arnhem . Group exhibition.
2005 Fashion on the edge. Arnhem, Group exhibition, photography.
2005 Mode Biennale Arnhem. Group exhibition, photography
2007 Ende Neu, group exhibition, ‘PARK’ Vienna.
With; AES+F, Bert Haubrechts, Bettina Komenda, Michael Strasser
und kunstlerduo,Hauenschild/Ritter.
Photos from the serie, 'Insides'.
2009 Exhibition, art fair PAN Amsterdam, Gallery Judy Straten
2010 Exhibition, Gallery Judy Straten
2010 Exhibition, Gallery Judy Straten, amuse
2010 Solo exhibition, Houses of Art Marbella, Spain

‘’My work contains mixed media: photography, sanding, painting, embroidery and textiles.
I’m interested in the idea of revealing, by hiding (sanding) parts of a picture.
Through my work I want to express my view on life and my search for meaning and ways to deal with it.
Imperfection, solitude, vulnerability, mortality, transformation and transience are returning themes in my work. I’m interested in representing the inner life and emotions of a person.
The sanded and distorted photographs of young girls and boys are a reaction against the issues of our time, for instance the illusion of perfect beauty created by fashion/ advertising photography.
By sanding the surface of the photograph I undo the image of its superficiality and reveal its imperfection, vulnerability and fragility.
After the sanding process I reconstruct the image slowly by hand. I want to show the contrast between aggressive, fast media and sensitive, slow media.
With needlework I repair the canvas and create a new layer and relief on the image. By this I want to refer to almost forgotten crafts, like the dedicated nuns who embroidered in silence and solitude on mystical cloths. By using these delicate crafts, I like to estimate the importance of slowness, dedication and meaning in society. Likewise with the embroidery, a women craftsmanship, I want to refer to the position women have now and had earlier in history.
In my latest work I’m combining classical nude-poses with modern photography. With these works I want to refer to the romantic period of art, but with a more modern and critical approach.’’